INSTALLATION MANUAL

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Version 1 24/03/14

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CONTENTS

1. Antenna Pedestal ......................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.1. Preparation and Mounting ................................................................................................................................. 2

1.2. Antenna Mounting Pattern ................................................................................................................................ 2

2. Above Deck Equipment (ADE) ...................................................................................................................................... 3

2.1. Antenna Specification......................................................................................................................................... 4

2.2. Unpacking ........................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.3. Lifting & Positioning ........................................................................................................................................... 6

3. Below Deck Equipment (BDE) ...................................................................................................................................... 9

3.1. Wall Mounted Rack ............................................................................................................................................ 9

3.2. Gyro .................................................................................................................................................................. 10

3.3. UPS ................................................................................................................................................................... 11

4. Cabling To BDE ........................................................................................................................................................... 14

4.1. Antenna ............................................................................................................................................................ 15

4.2. Ship Network .................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.3. Gyro .................................................................................................................................................................. 16

4.4. Power Supply .................................................................................................................................................... 16

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1. ANTENNA PEDESTAL

1.1. PREPARATION AND MOUNTING

The customer is responsible for manufacturing a pedestal required to raise the antenna. This is necessary to avoid interference from radars. The exact height needed is determined in the site survey. Note that the pedestal must be rigid enough to hold the antenna and service personnel and avoid vibration. It must also be designed to ensure safe entry into the antenna for service personnel under all conditions at sea. The recommended thickness of the base and interface (top) plate is greater than 120 mm. Once it is delivered on board, the pedestal must be securely welded to the ship’s deck in an upright position in the location designated in the site survey.

1.2. ANTENNA MOUNTING PATTERN

Once it is secured, the antenna mounting pattern shown below must be drilled into the top of the pedestal.

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2. ABOVE DECK EQUIPMENT (ADE)

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2.1. ANTENNA SPECIFICATION

Physical size and weight:

Total height: 1490mm (59 inches)

Total width: 1330mm (52 inches)

Weight of antenna: 128 kg. (282 lbs.)

Reflector size: 103 cm / 41 inches

Power requirements:

Antenna: 110-230V AC (10A)

Environmental conditions:

Temperature: -25 degrees C to +55 degrees C

Humidity: 100 % Condensing

Wind: Withstand relative average wind speed up to 56 m/sec (125mph)

Antenna range of Motion:

Elevation: -20 to +115 degrees

Cross Level: +/- 37 degrees

Azimuth: Unlimited

Ship Motions:

Roll: +/-25 degrees, 6 sec periods

Pitch: +/-15 degrees, 6 sec periods

Yaw: +/-8 degrees, 6 sec periods

Turning rate: Up to 12 deg./sec and 5deg/sec/sec

Headway: Up to 50 knots

ADU motion: Recommended not to exceed tangential accelerations of +/-0,5G

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2.2. UNPACKING

Step 1: Remove the top panel. Screws are found on each side as marked below:

Step 2: Remove the side panels by lifting the pins from the hinges:

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Step 3: Retrieve the ACU and installation kit boxes by unscrewing the securing brackets:

2.3. LIFTING & POSITIONING

Note that the antenna is initially ATTACHED to the base pallet.

Step 1: Secure the harness around the radome as shown using the shackles provided. Fasten

the protective covering over the shackle as the exposed metal may damage the radome:

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Step 2: Using a crane, lift the antenna and base and let it hover at shoulder level:

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Step 3: Using a 19 mm wrench remove the 4 shipping bolts that mount the antenna to the

base pallet. The base pallet will detach completely from the antenna:

Step 4: It is now safe to lift the antenna to the installation point and lower it onto the

pedestal. Remember to rotate the antenna such that the Bottom Hatch is accessible:

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Step 5: Once lowered, secure the antenna to the pedestal as shown below. Use the supplied

bolts from the Installation Kit Box when securing the Radome. Apply Locktite #262 or

equivalent to the bolt thread, and fasten it to a torque setting of 110 N.m.

3. BELOW DECK EQUIPMENT (BDE)

3.1. WALL MOUNTED RACK

The 18U rack supplied by WINS containing the equipment must be mounted in the location

agreed upon in the Site Survey. The installation site must meet temperature, humidity and

vibrations requirements.

The rack can be floor or wall mounted. If the rack is floor mounted, it should be freely

accessible from the front and back sides for maintenance and service purposes.

The diagram below shows the exact rack dimensions, equipment normally found in the rack,

and the cabling to and from the rack. Further explanation regarding the cabling necessary

can be found in Section 4.

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FAN

PATCH PANEL

ACU

MODEM

ROUTER

SHELF + ATA

FREE

EPOWER

UPS

220 Volts

Ethernet to

Ship LAN

Rx

PowerTx

Gyro Cable from

Ship Gyro

80 cm

60 cm

FRONT VIEW

To VSAT ANTENNA

TOP VIEW

60 cm

60 cm

SIDE VIEW

60 cm

80 cm

3.2. GYRO

The WINS VSAT system requires the vessel’s heading. This is necessary to keep the antenna

pointing correctly at the satellite when the ship manoeuvres by counter rotating the antenna

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in the opposite direction. This is critical to maintaining a stable connection as this avoids

constantly loosing and re-acquiring the link.

A feed from the Gyro unit is hence necessary. A serial or Ethernet cable needs to be passed

from the gyro unit to the rack to accomplish this. If there isn’t a free port available gyro-side,

an NMEA switch or expander must be installed to increase the number of available ports.

3.3. UPS

WINS equipment is supplied from a high-performance UPS specially designed for marine

applications.

This UPS is mounted in the rack and the input ‘IN 230V’ shown below must be connected to

a suitable stable power supply protected by a residual current device.

A legend explaining the front status panel can also be found below to ensure that it is

operating in the correct mode.

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4. CABLING TO BDE

Smart-UPS

3 0 0 0

TestI

O

AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION

Ship Power

NMEA-0183From Ship Gyro

Ship Router/FW

Internet Port

UPS 1700VAIntellian ACU

iDirect X5 modem

IP Managed Remote Power Switch

Below Deck Equipment (BDE)

Above Deck Equipment (ADE)

N

N

TX Cable

RX Cable

Cable RecommendationsBelow 50m : LMR 400Below 100m : LMR 600

Cisco 1812

Quintum VoIP Gateway2 x FXS

INTELLIAN V100 iDirect Setup

220 – 240 VAC

4.1. ANTENNA

A total of 3 cables need to be prepared for the VSAT antenna. All 3 cables will run from the

antenna to the rack.

For all three cables, kindly leave 2.5m extra at the antenna side.

Two of the cables are RF cables for the Tx and Rx channels. Depending on the length of cable

between the antenna and the rack, two possible cable types can be used. LMR 400 can be

used if the distance is less than 50m, whilst LMR 600 can be used if the distance is less than

100m.

This type of cable cannot be sharply bent or twisted. If it contains any kinks, it will not work!

Additionally, the end of the cable must not get wet. Do not leave it exposed in the rain!

The third cable is a power cable (3 core 2.5mm) used to power the antenna.

4.2. SHIP NETWORK

Cisco 1812 Router Physical Interfaces connection diagram

VLAN 10 VLAN 1

Internet Point

Dedicated port for Ships Router/FW

ModemACU

VoIP Device

Remote Power Switch

9 8 7 6

5 4 3 2

1

0

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In order to connect the ship’s existing internal network to the WINS system, a CAT6 patch

lead must be passed from the ship network router to the WINS router. On the WINS router,

the cable should be connected to Port 2.

4.3. GYRO

A serial or Ethernet cable needs to be passed from the gyro unit to the rack to obtain an

NMEA gyro reading. If there isn’t a free port available gyro-side, an NMEA switch or expander

must be installed to increase the number of available ports.

4.4. POWER SUPPLY

All the equipment in the rack is connected to the UPS via the ePower switch. To power up

the UPS itself, a power cable is included with the rack which is already plugged into UPS. This

cable needs to be connected to the closest distribution box available.

In case cable length is not enough, an additional 3 core 2.5mm power cables is provided with

rack. This needs to be laid from rack to power distribution box.